The History of Santa Claus & Father Christmas -- just a bit of seasonal fun :) http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas/ pic.twitter.com/zEBbnX1Ujo
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Father Christmas--merged w/ Santa Claus in L19thC but originally separate & gave no gifts! http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas/pages/english.htm …pic.twitter.com/RFFmghHH3n
Oxford Scholarly Editions version of Ben Jonson's 1616 "Christmas his Masque": http://www.oxfordscholarlyeditions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780198113584.book.1/actrade-9780198113584-div2-31?r-1=1.000&wm-1=0&t-1=workmap-tab&p1-1=1&w1-1=0.600&p2-1=1&w2-1=0.400#.VnGEREwZpXM.twitter …pic.twitter.com/XLjrKjL0F0
St Nicholas' tomb at Bari, Italy---was moved there from Myra, Turkey, in 1087: http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/saint-in-bari/ …pic.twitter.com/9PkCfvGViJ
St Nicholas of Myra--an assessment of the early stories of his life & their historicity: http://www.livius.org/articles/person/nicholas-of-myra/ …pic.twitter.com/PMO3eZlOPI
Earliest US image of a Christmas tree was published 1836 in The Stranger's Gift by H Bokum: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Christmas/tree.htm …pic.twitter.com/CPAwUCl01U
Queen Victoria & Prince Albert w/ their family and Christmas Tree; Illustrated London News, 1848.pic.twitter.com/g7HPx4FEWZ
@caitlinrgreen don't forget Lévi-Strauss & possibly the best essay ever written about Christmas, children, the dead http://goo.gl/CWHLeR
@Rokewood thanks! And merry Christmas :)
@caitlinrgreen This contains the hoary old mistake that Mithras was connected to 25 Dec tho.
@noah_nonsense Yes, I'd have a few corrections/changes too, but not my resource, I merely saved it from university IT reorganisation loss!
Hmm, is there a historical source of Woden giving gifts to children?
Often claimed, but am wary, have to admit....
Black Peter also controversial subject in Netherlands. Racists use this kind of unclear info to justify black facing.
@caitlinrgreen They look very happy to see him
@caitlinrgreen Father Xmas give us some money...Kinks!..LOL!
@caitlinrgreen loved this!
@caitlinrgreen ,.I was so terrified of him that I hid under my bed and cried. :P
@caitlinrgreen My parents once hired a man dressed as Sinterklaas to give us presents when I was little..
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